ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,566, issued on June 3, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Systems and methods for a liquid metal bearing assembly fill port and plug" was invented by Eric J Lubar (West Milwaukee, Wis.), Andrew T Triscari (West Milwaukee, Wis.), Andrew J Marconnet (West Milwaukee, Wis.), Donald R Allen (West Milwaukee, Wis.), Ryan Randall Dagen (West Milwaukee, Wis.) and Ian S Hunt (West Milwaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems are provided for a liquid metal bearing assembly. In one embodiment, a liquid metal bearing assembly includes a fill port fluidly coupled to a liquid metal reservoir...